Been a few months and I've decided to go for haswell, Should be building by the end of the month.

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You lucky dog, you get to play with the new hardware. I've pretty much decided to skip Haswell and spend my $ on better cooling (my H100 is good but I need a custom loop) and maybe a GTX 770. They say Haswell runs even hotter than Ivy Bridge when overclocked, so don't forget to include a premium liquid cooler to your budget.

You lucky dog, you get to play with the new hardware. I've pretty much decided to skip Haswell and spend my $ on better cooling (my H100 is good but I need a custom loop) and maybe a GTX 770. They say Haswell runs even hotter than Ivy Bridge when overclocked, so don't forget to include a premium liquid cooler to your budget.

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Well I already bought the 100i, so that will have to be good enough for a while.

The last thing I need to figure out is how good the sound on the sniper m5.
I currently have a xonar dg. Since the new board won't have a plain old pci slot, that won't work.
I'm wondering if getting a xonar dgx is worth while and how much better it is than the fancy sound on the sniper.
I have ATH-M50's currently and at some point I might upgrade further.

Well I already bought the 100i, so that will have to be good enough for a while.

The last thing I need to figure out is how good the sound on the sniper m5.
I currently have a xonar dg. Since the new board won't have a plain old pci slot, that won't work.
I'm wondering if getting a xonar dgx is worth while and how much better it is than the fancy sound on the sniper.
I have ATH-M50's currently and at some point I might upgrade further.

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I would not bother with a dedicated sound card personally. But you might care enough.